Piedmont Visitation/Volunteer Policy

  • All visitors/volunteers must report to the main office and sign in with LobbyGuard system
  • Main office staff checks current volunteer status and ID
  • If parent is cleared, and wants to visit classroom:
  • “Have you scheduled an appointment with the teacher?”
  • If “Yes”, call to the classroom to confirm and have visitor escorted to classroom
  • If “No”
  • Explain to parent “I will be glad to contact the teacher to see if this is a good time, however, they may be giving a test or presenting projects, as an example, and it is not a good time to visit.”
  • Call to the classroom for permission
  • If permission is granted, direct parent to the classroom
  • If permission is not granted, contact admin/counselor to schedule an appointment or future visit
  • If parent is cleared, and wants to visit the lunchroom or field for Healthy Kids
  • Contact staff member on duty to alert them to visitor
  • Direct visitor to the lunchroom or field
  • If parent is not cleared
  • Contact admin/counselor to come to main office and meet with parent
  • Admin/counselor
  • discusses with parent the volunteer registration system
  • hands parents directions to register
  • follows above procedures for visiting (IF IT IS THE FIRST VISIT)
  • logs visit information on i-drive

Piedmont Visitor/Volunteer Policy

  • All visitors/volunteers must report to the main office and sign-into LobbyGuard system/show ID
  • Main office staff will check clearance statusand badge will be printed
  • If you are a cleared visitor/volunteer and want to visit a classroom, please schedule an appointment with the teacher(s) in advance
  • If you are a cleared visitor/volunteer and want to visit the lunchroom or field for Healthy Kids
  • Staff member on duty will be notified to receive you
  • You may only bring food/drink items for your own student and will be asked to sit with your child at a separate table
  • If you are not a cleared visitor/volunteer
  • Administration/counselor will meet with you
  • Please be sure to register via the CMS website (

CMS Volunteer Information

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools screens all volunteers to ensure the safety of our students. The screening includes completion of an online volunteer registration form and a criminal background check. Volunteer screening can also include interviews by appropriate CMS staff and reference checks.

We have three kinds of volunteer approvals: supervised, unsupervised without driving and unsupervised with driving. Supervised volunteers will work under the direction and in the presence of CMS staff. Unsupervised volunteers may work with children without CMS staff present. Volunteers approved as “Unsupervised with driving” are allowed to drive children as part of their volunteer activity. Please note that volunteers who drive children must provide proof of insurance and a copy of their driver license to CMS Law Enforcement.

Please contact Kimberly Miller-Potts at 980-343-5435 for further information and volunteer opportunities.